The ten or so summers I spent with the Oregon Bach Festival are some of the most important music education I ever received—and it was all about the repertoire.

Talbot is a major new voice for us choral geeks. I hope he composes more for us.

Herbert Howells (1892-1983) is one of my favorite English composers, up there with Tallis, Byrd, and Purcell.

The May 2016 ACDA Choral Journal features an entertaining, far-ranging interview with Spanish composer and conductor Javier Busto, two of whose motets Chorale will present in June.

The original "spiritual minimalists" are strikingly different from one another, with distinctive voices, and do not regard themselves as any sort of unit.

Chorale’s November concerts are built around the music of Arvo Pärt, in honor of his 80th birthday. A third of our selections will be by Pärt, the other two thirds by composers associated with him in one way or another.

Each autumn, close to the beginning of the new season’s rehearsal period, Chorale holds a Saturday retreat.

Choirs work better when they know and like each other—and food always helps.